®Planning appeal decision
Charlesworth Nursery & Garden Centre, Glossop Road, Charlesworth, Derbyshire, SK13 5HB
Planning appeal 3317979 at Charlesworth Nursery & Garden Centre, Glossop Road, Charlesworth, Derbyshire, SK13 5HB (High Peak Borough Council) was allowed on 4 September 2023 by Inspector Hickey A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
2 no. dormer bungalows with associated access, infrastructure and landscaping works following the demolition of garden centre buildings
- Authority
- High Peak Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hickey A
- Postcode
- SK13 5HB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the development having regard to the development plan policies
- the effect of the proposed development on biodiversity
- whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal met the limited infilling exception in paragraph 149(e) of the Framework and the biodiversity harm was not significant, such that the benefits of housing delivery outweighed the limited environmental harm when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
The modest social benefits of providing two new homes, short-term economic benefits from construction, and environmental benefits from hedgerow and bat/bird box provision outweighed the little weight attached to the small loss of poor-quality biodiversity habitat, resulting in permission being granted.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy EQ4Policy EQ3Policy EQ5Policy H1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 147Paragraph 149Paragraph 174Paragraph 180
- Judgments
- Julian Wood v SSCLG, Gravesham Borough Council [2015] EWCA Civ 195
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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